Algeria: 1st Coronavirus Case Confirmed

Algerian authorities have confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country.

The coronavirus – which originated in China’s Hubei province in December last year – induces symptoms of fever, dry coughs and breathing difficulties. According to recent reports, 2 804 people have died from the disease.

In a state television broadcast, Abderrahmane Benbouzid – Algeria’s minister of health – explained that a male Italian citizen, who arrived in the country on February 17, tested positive for the disease.

Per reports, Italy is one of the European nations that has been hit worse by coronavirus. There have been 470 total cases, with the death toll currently sitting at 12.

The following day, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced on his Twitter account that the Italian citizen had been placed in quarantine.

Tebboune wrote: “The government and all health authorities in the country have been enjoined, and we recommend utmost care and caution after registering a case of a foreign parish infected with the coronavirus.”